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A few years back, I saw a comic strip that made me laugh out loud. It showed a person sneaking in the dark of the night to leave zucchini on his neighbor’s porch. The neighbor suddenly opens his door, rifle in hand, demanding that the man step away from his porch, take his zucchini and move on. If you have considered doing this with your excess garden produce, there is a better solution.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Recent customers at Streetsboro’s Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen may be due some pocket change.

A public hearing to air allegations of sexual harassment against a Deerfield Township firefighter/paramedic has been postponed at the request of the accused’s attorney.

It has been a year now since my sister passed away. She had spent the last four months of her life being moved from one long term care/rehabilitation facility to another. It was during this period of time that our family became very aware and dependent on the Ombudsman program at Direction Home Akron Canton Area Agency on Aging.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

A three-generation family of female entrepreneurs in Kent recently celebrated the opening of a new brick-and-mortar shop.

The Celebrate Portage! Board of Directors is happy to announce Jonathan Floyd as the first recipient of its newest addition to celebrating those that make a difference in Portage County, the Great Achievement Award.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

We asked photographer and producer Pete Kenworthy of Kent to document the 2024 Portage County Randolph Fair. Watch his video here:

I attended Erma Hoover’s 90th birthday celebration Aug. 11 at the Masonic Temple in Ravenna. It was such a lovely affair, with her friends and family attending. Erma was as gracious as ever and tried to speak with everyone there. She did a good job of it. Her family made all the delicious food, and there was plenty of it. Everyone had a great time.

The 2024 Randolph Fair is in the books! We hired Pete Kenworthy, a photographer and producer based in Kent, to document this year’s fair.

The 11th annual Rootstown Youth Football & Cheerleading Pig Roast will be at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21 at the Randolph Knights of Columbus Hall at 25 Teed Dr. The night will include a gun raffle, a 50/50 raffle, a Chinese auction, live auctions, side boards, side games and a liquor bar.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County

Ohio property values have increased dramatically over the past several years. For Portage County, we are seeing an increase on average of about 33%. What does this mean? Well, you may have been surprised when you opened the letter from my office recently that showed a before value assessed in 2021 and then an after value from this year.

Looking for lip balm? Brooke Heasley Al-Noubani of Garrettsville has some, but she might not be willing to share.

Hope Town, Portage County’s only Level 2 recovery housing facility, has a new headquarters at 9621 E. Center St. in Windham.

A number of years ago, I found myself sitting in a huge, old ship captain’s house, built in 1876, along Lake Erie. I settled myself in the parlor, a square, high-ceilinged room. Rocking gently in a big white rocking chair, facing a large, lovely watercolor of rowboats lined up at a dock, I blissfully sipped my coffee.

Every Portage County voter will have a chance Nov. 5 to say “yes” or “no” to state Issue 1, the proposed constitutional amendment to end gerrymandering. If nothing else, Issue 1 reveals how breathtakingly shameless Republicans have become. In their effort to hold onto power, they’ll say anything.

Remembering those we’ve lost in Portage County